06.24.2010

South Weymouth – John C. Boucher, President and CEO of South Shore Savings Bank, was recently named Chairman of the Advisory Board of the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia by the American Bankers Association. He previously served on the Advisory Council for the America’s Community Bankers National School of Banking at Fairfield University, which was merged into the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking, and was named Vice Chairman of the Advisory Board in 2009.

The ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking is the preeminent executive management school for the financial services industry. Designed to develop leaders who are able to compete in the 21st century, the primary objectives of the school are to provide attendees with the knowledge and skills to recognize and solve executive management problems and to implement solutions.

Mr. Boucher is also the Chairman of the Board of Cardinal Cushing Schools, Inc., and is a member of the Board of Directors of South Shore Hospital, the Massachusetts Bankers Association and Infinex Financial Group, Inc.

Originally chartered in 1833, South Shore Savings Bank is a full-service community bank with assets of approximately $925 million and 14 branches. All deposits are insured in full. The FDIC insures all deposits up to $250,000 per depositor and up to $250,000 per depositor for Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs); all deposits above this amount are insured by the Depositors Insurance Fund (DIF).